KRP -v- Rebecca Price, Joanne Wrench and others (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: KB-2025-CDF-000033

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division

13 October 2025

Before:

His Honour Judge Harrison,
sitting as a judge of the High Court

Between:

KRP
(by his litigation friend and sister, JNT)

-v-

(1) Ms Rebecca Price
(2) Tesco Underwriting Limited
(3) Mrs Joanne Wrench
(4) First Centra Underwriting Limited

Anonymity order

BEFORE His Honour Judge Harrison sitting as a judge of the High Court, Kings Bench Division, Cardiff on 29 September 2025
UPON HEARING James Arney KC of Counsel for the Claimant and Thomas Westwell of Counsel for the First and Second Defendants (with the Third and Fourth Defendants playing no active part in proceedings)

AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life in the Article 10 right to freedom of expression

AND UPON it appearing the non- disclosure of the identity of the Claimant and his Litigation Friend is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Claimant

AND UPON reading the relevant case law , in particular PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v A Local Health Board [2025] EWCA Civ 1126 and other authorities

AND pursuant to Rule 39.2 (4) of the Civil Procedure Rules and Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and Rules 5.4C and 5.4D of the Civil Procedure Rules

IT IS ORDERED:

  1. That the identity of the Claimant and the Litigation Friend shall not be disclosed
  2. That the Claimant and the Litigation Friend be described in any judgment, order in these proceedings and in any reporting of the proceedings by the press or otherwise, as “KRP” and “JNT”, respectively
  3. That any non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document on, or from the Court file (other than this order duly anonymised as directed) without the permission of a Judge, Master, or District Judge of the King’s Bench Division. Any application for such permission must be made on notice to the Claimant, and the Court will affect service. The file is to be retained by the Court marked “Private”. For the purpose of these proceedings, the definition of a “non-party”, extends to the Third and Fourth Defendant.
  4. That reporting restrictions apply to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the subsequent identification of the Claimant or Litigation Friend. The publication of the name and address of the Claimant or of any member of the Claimant’s family is prohibited.
  5. The provisions of this order shall not apply: –
    a. to communications between the Court funds office and or the Claimants Court-appointed Deputy, and the anonymised party or litigation friend in relation to the payment of money into the Court Funds Office for the benefit of the anonymised party or the investment or treatment of payment out of such money
    b. to communications between the Court Funds Office and or the Claimant’s Court-appointed Deputy, and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of such money
    c. to records kept by the Court Funds Office, the Court-appointed Deputy, and/or anonymised party and Litigation Friend and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of such money
    d. to records kept by the Court Funds Office, Court-appointed Deputy, and/or anonymised party and Litigation Friend and any financial institution in relation to such money
    e. to records and communications between the Court Funds Office and or the Claimants Court-appointed Deputy, and any government institution, and/ or local authority concerned with the Claimant’s needs and such money
    f. to medical and rehabilitation, treatment, vocational records and any forms of authority or instructions disclosed between the parties and sent to their CPR Part 35 experts, the Claimant’s treating doctors and treating therapists, the Department of Work and Pensions, the Court of Protection, Case Manager(s) and any other third party from whom disclosure and/or treating and/or medicolegal reports required for the purpose of this litigation
    g. To communications passing between the Claimant’s Litigation Friend and his legal and/or professional advisers and/or experts
    h. Communications passing between the Second Defendant and their legal and/all professional advisers and/or experts; and
    i. to communications passing between the legal and/or professional advisers of the Claimant and/or the Second Defendant;
  6. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 29/9/25 and any application by a non-party to inspect or obtain a copy document from this file must be dealt with in accordance with the terms of that Order.”
  7. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or discharge this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  8. Pursuant to the ‘Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders’ issued by the Master of the Rolls dated 16 April 2019 a copy of this Order shall be published on the Judicial Website of the High Court of Justice (www.judiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
  9. The costs of this order to be in the case

Dated this 13th day of October 2025